Big Data in Organizational Management
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What is the primary focus of contingency theory?

  • The uncertainties surrounding organizations in their environment (correct)
  • The importance of knowledge and related intangibles
  • The optimal form of contract to control relationships
  • Understanding the adoption process of innovations

    • Which theory considers knowledge and related intangibles as important to competitive advantage?

  • Knowledge-based view (KBV) (correct)
  • Social capital theory (SCT)
  • Resource dependence theory (RDT)
  • Dynamic capability view

    • What is the main objective of organizational information processing view (OIPV)?

  • To reduce context specific uncertainty and equivocality through information processing (correct)
  • To explain how and why new ideas and technologies spread
  • To understand the adoption process of innovations
  • To control relationships between principals and agents

    • Which theory explains how pressures from an organization’s external environment can influence the adoption of certain practices and actions?

    <p>Institutional theory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which theory is used to describe a technology-based and innovation-oriented approach to environmental policy and politics?

    <p>Ecological modernization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of agency theory?

    <p>The optimal form of contract to control relationships</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of big data analytics?

    <p>To generate worthwhile insights and benefits through data analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of a theory according to Bacharach?

    <p>A statement of relations among concepts within a set of boundary assumptions and constraints</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of theoretical statements?

    <p>To organize and communicate clearly</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of organizational theory?

    <p>A management insight that can help explain or describe organizational behaviors, designs, or structures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of Actor-Network Theory (ANT)?

    <p>Organizations as networks of heterogeneous actors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of every theory?

    <p>It has its own limitations</p> Signup and view all the answers

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